Ipomoea pes-caprae, the beach morning glory or goat's foot, a common tropical creeping vine species that grows on the upper parts of beaches
Ipomoea | PES | PES (director) | Ipomoea aquatica | Ipomoea alba | Oxalis pes-caprae | Ipomoea triloba | Ipomoea tricolor | Ipomoea quamoclit | Ipomoea pes-caprae | Ipomoea pandurata | Ipomoea asarifolia |
The South African species Klugeana philoxalis has been proposed as being of interest as a possible biocontrol agent for dealing with invasive Oxalis pes-caprae in countries where it is a problem.
Kluge & Claassens (1990) reported a potential biocontrol agent using Klugeana philoxalis, a larval feeder on shoots of O. pes-caprae.
Oxalis pes-caprae, the Bermuda buttercup, African wood-sorrel, Bermuda sorrel, buttercup oxalis, Cape sorrel, English weed, goat's-foot, sourgrass, soursob or soursop, a flowering plant species